Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Having passed the examination, the college awarded him the best student medal.

Explanation for (1): It is not clear who passed the examination, the college or the student? ‘The college’ is placed near ‘the examination’. It gives an impression that the college has passed the examination. So, an appropriate subject is required to rectify the error. Explanation for (2): The option does not rectify the error of dangling modifier and introduces another error of definite article. Justification for (3): It is not clear who passed the examination, the college or the student? ‘The college’ is placed near ‘the examination’. It gives an impression that the college has passed the examination. So, an appropriate subject is required to rectify the error. This option corrects the error of dangling modifier. ‘He’ has passed the examination and not ‘the college’.  Explanation for (4): The option does not rectify the error of dangling modifier as it does not insert any subject. Explanation for (5): The option inserts a subject ‘he’ to rectify the error of modifier but introduces error of misplaced modifier by placing ‘the best student medal’ after ‘the college’.